Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday courted top Japanese business leaders, including Masayoshi Son of SoftBank and Osamu Suzuki of Suzuki Motor Corp, to discuss investment opportunities India offers in sectors ranging from textiles to automobiles, emerging technologies and startups.
PM Modi, who arrived Tokyo on a two-day visit to attend a summit of the Quad leaders at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida, held separate bilateral meetings with Japanese business leaders.
He first met electronic giant NEC Corporation’s Chairman Nobuhiro Endo, followed by a meeting with Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo’s CEO Tadashi Yanai.
This was followed by meetings with Mr Son and Mr Suzuki to discuss investment opportunities.
In his meeting with Endo, PM Modi appreciated NEC’s role in India’s telecommunication sector, especially in undertaking Chennai-Andaman and Nicobar Islands (CANI) and Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands (KLI) optical fibre cable projects, an official statement said.
He also highlighted investment opportunities under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme.